Selamat Hari Gawai Dayaks to All.

Happy Gawai Dayaks to all readers, visitors and guest to Sarawak Travel Guide. Taking this opportunity to record my appreciation and thank you for the support and readership

Gawai Dayak or Pesta Gawai or Onu Gawai is being celebrated by the Dayaks community in SarawaK, East Malaysia in the first week of June every year. The Bidayuh, Iban and also the Orang Ulu had their own rituals and traditional ways in celebrating this event which marked the end of the rice harvesting season and the ushering in another year of bountiful harvest and goodness.

It is the time for merry making and gathering of family members from far and wide. Those working outside Sarawak always make the effort to be home with their parents, relatives and friends in the villages and longhouses.

There are variety of delicacies and menu to choose, from traditional cuisine to modern one. Some of them are chicken cook in bamboo, glutinous rice in bamboo and many more; each community has their own speciality.

It also the time of sharing as friends and stranger are invited to share in the celebration. This promotes unity and friendship among the various communities in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Various programs are held to make the celebration merrier and colourful, like beauty contest in traditional outfit like Kumang Gawai for the Iban community, Dayung Sikora for the Bidayuh, while the Orang Ulu community has their own Traditional Costume Beauty Contest. It is a feast for the eyes with the colourful rituals, traditional music and costume and variety choice of traditional cuisine and wine.

The official Gawai Dayaks Celebration in Sarawak is 1^st. June, every year but the celebration in the longhouse and the villages are held at different day and some last for a month.

HAPPY GAWAI DAYAKS TO ALL....